BYU 3, UC Irvine 1 • Bret Lopez sparked a three-run fifth inning with a double to deep right field to help the Cougars beat the No. 21-ranked Anteaters in Provo.

BYU (9-6) also defeated Irvine (11-4) on Thursday. The teams play again at noon Saturday.

Adam Miller allowed six hits and one run in six innings, and Brock Whitney went 2-for-3 with a run for BYU, which has won seven of its past eight games.

Utah 3, Saint Mary's 1 • Mitch Watrous tied a school record with 12 strikeouts and Kody Davis went 2-for-4 with an RBI as the Utes opened a four-game series in Moraga, Calif., with a victory.

"Mitch was outstanding on the mound today," Utah coach Bill Kinneberg said. "He had a good mix and in the later innings he had a tremendous slider."

Dallas Carroll had two RBIs and Braden Anderson scored twice for Utah (6-5).

Utah Valley 6, Nevada 5 • Stone Ramsey's two-out RBI single in the bottom of the eighth inning propelled the Wolverines past the Wolfpack in Orem.

Ramsey was 2-for-3 with two runs, and Mark Krueger and Kai Hatch each went 2-for-4 with an RBI for the Wolverines (7-7), who play Nevada again at noon Saturday.

Women's tennis

Utah 5, Arizona 2 • The Utes won the doubles point and five of six singles matches, with Callie Craig capping the victory with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win at No. 3 singles as the Utes (7-2, 1-0) earned their first Pac-12 victory of the season.

Oregon 5, BYU 2 • In Eugene, Ore., the Ducks won the doubles point and four of six singles matches, while the Cougars (5-3) won two singles matches by default due to Oregon's secured victory.

Utah State • The Aggies match at UNLV was postponed because of weather. The teams will play at 9 a.m. Saturday.

Indoor track and field

Utah • Senior Amanda Mergaert qualified for the finals in the mile at the NCAA Indoor Championships in Fayetteville, Ark.

Mergaert ran 4 minutes, 38.56 seconds to finish fourth in her heat and 10th overall. The mile final is at 5 p.m. Saturday.

BYU • Kelsey Brown failed to qualify for the finals in the 800 meters, running 2:18.55 to finish 15th out of 16. The top eight make finals.

On the men's side, Ryan Waite also failed to make the 800 finals, running 1:49.77 to finish 13th out of 16.

Jared Ward ran 13:54.04 to place ninth and teammate Tylor Thatcher ran 14:12.55 to finish 15th in the 5,000.

BYU 195.875, Southern Utah 195.425 • In Cedar City, Megan Bain won the all-around with a score of 39.250, leading the Cougars to a season-high score and their second win over the Thunderbirds in the past month.

Makenzie Johnson won the vault with a score of 9.875 and Bain won the balance beam with a score of 9.9. Haylee Rollins tied SUU's Arlyn Amor for first on the bars with a score of 9.875.

Arkansas 3, Utah Valley 0 • Tiffany Mills allowed two runs and four hits while striking out six, but the Wolverines were held to one hit to fall to 5-7.

Weber State • The Wildcats' game against Virginia Tech was canceled.

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